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Establishment of Charter Schools in the Commonwealth of Virginia Grace E Virginia Commonwealth University VCU Scholars Compass L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs Publications Public Affairs 2016 Establishment of Charter Schools in the Commonwealth of Virginia Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute, Virginia Commonwealth University Shermese Epps Germika Pegram See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/wilder_pubs Part of the Arts and Humanities Commons, Education Commons, Law Commons, and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons Downloaded from https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/wilder_pubs/39 This Research Report is brought to you for free and open access by the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at VCU Scholars Compass. It has been accepted for inclusion in L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs Publications by an authorized administrator of VCU Scholars Compass. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Authors Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute, Virginia Commonwealth University; Shermese Epps; Germika Pegram; Edward Reed; Brenda Sampe; and Courtney Warren This research report is available at VCU Scholars Compass: https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/wilder_pubs/39 ESTABLISHMENT OF CHARTER SCHOOLS IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA TEAM MEMBERS Shermese Epps, Chiles Law Offices, P.C. Germika Pegram, Private Mental Health Provider Edward Reed, Senate of Virginia, Senator Rosalyn R. Dance Brenda Sampe, Chesterfield Colonial Heights Department of Social Services Courtney Warren, Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice PROJECT DESCRIPTION Virginia is facing significant challenges related to public education such as decreased funding for public education, decreased teacher salaries, and overcrowded classrooms. Senate Joint Resolution 6 was a bill proposed in 2016 that sought to grant the Board of Education authority, subject to criteria and conditions prescribed by the General Assembly, to establish charter schools within the school divisions of the Commonwealth. There are racial implications related to the creation and authorization of charter schools and this report details those impacts and creates a set of recommendations to eliminate racial implementations when determining who authorizes charter schools in the Commonwealth of Virginia. LEGISLATION OVERVIEW Background Senate Joint Resolution 6 (SJ 6) was most recently introduced by Senator Mark Obenshain (R- Rockingham) during the 2016 General Assembly Session. The legislation seeks to amend Section 5 of Article VIII of the Constitution of Virginia, related to the establishment of charter schools in the Commonwealth of Virginia. More specifically, SJ 6 would grant the Virginia Board of Education authority, subject to criteria and conditions prescribed by the General Assembly, to establish charter schools within the school divisions of the Commonwealth (Virginia’s Legislative Information System, 2016). Currently, the authority to establish charter schools in Virginia lies with the local school board in each locality. SJ 6 sought to amend the current practice and allow the Board of Education to establish charter schools. SJ 6 was introduced as a constitutional amendment and Virginia requires constitutional amendments to pass two consecutive sessions with an election of state legislators before voters are given the opportunity to voice their position on the issue on the November General Election ballot. SJ 6 passed the Senate Privileges and Elections committee on a vote of 7-6 and was progressed to the Senate floor where it failed to pass on a vote of 19-21. However, in 2016, Senator Ben Chafin (R-Lebanon) and Senator Emmett Hanger (R-Mount Solon) were the only two Republicans opposing the bill, thus giving the Democrats in the Senate the ability to effectively kill the legislation. Virginia Charter School Overview A charter school is defined as a non-religious public school operating under a contract, or “charter,” that governs its operation. All details of school operation—its name, organization, management, and curriculum—are set by the charter, which also outlines how the school will measure student performance. Since charter schools are publicly funded, they must have open enrollment policies, must not charge tuition, and must participate in state testing and federal accountability programs (Center for Public Education, 2013). Virginia Public charter schools may be created as a new public school or through the conversion of an existing public school. In Virginia, during the 2016-2017 school year, there were eight public charter schools operating and educating students: Hillsboro Charter Academy (Loudoun), Middleburg Community Charter School (Loudoun), Richmond Community Education Employment Academy (Richmond), Patrick Henry School for the Sciences and Arts (Richmond), Green Run Collegiate (Virginia Beach), The Community Public Charter School (Albemarle), York River Academy (York), and Murray High School (Albemarle). Charter School Authorization Opposition Based on the Virginia Education Association (VEA) 2016 legislative agenda, the association firmly opposes legislation which grants the authority to approve charter schools to the Virginia Board of Education rather than local school boards. The VEA is a statewide group composed of about 50,000 teachers and school support professionals working for the betterment of public education in the Commonwealth. In early January 2016, the VEA contracted GBA Strategies to conduct a poll related to charter schools in Virginia. The results of the poll showed that 56% of Virginians opposed legislation that would give the Virginia State Board of Education the authority to create charter schools without local school board approval and 32% of Virginians supported the legislation (VEA, 2016). Additionally, the Virginia School Board Association (VSBA) opposed charter school legislation in their 2016 legislative priority listing. The VSBA details its mission as a voluntary, nonpartisan organization of Virginia school boards, promoting excellence in public education through advocacy, training and services (VSBA, 2016). Both the VSBA and the VEA are considered to be the top two organizations supporting public education across the Commonwealth and represent the largest population of educators directly involved in Virginia schools. Greg Richmond, the past president of the National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA), suggested that many school districts open these public charter schools to add innovative programs to their respective district. These particular schools often meet a specific need or requirement of the district. Many of these schools have been converted from traditional schools to charters (Education Next, 2013). For example, Virginia’s first elementary, public charter school, Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts, was created in conjunction with revitalization efforts in the Woodland Heights community of Richmond, VA. The school’s history states: Parents and citizens formed the Richmond Partnership for Neighborhood Schools in 2007 to explore the possibility of reopening Patrick Henry Elementary School. This led to a Patrick Henry Board focused on building a school with a diverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic population delivering an integrated curriculum of environmental science and the arts in support of the efforts in Woodland Heights. The school would provide an alternative school experience, act as a laboratory for best practices, meet SOL standards, and be a part of Richmond Public Schools in order to attract more families to public education. After extensive research by education professionals at all levels of education, the Board decided that a charter school within the school system would give the school the flexibility and autonomy to pursue a less traditional approach to learning, offer all city children a unique public school education, and be a laboratory for implementation of successful learning strategies (Our Charter, 2016). SJ 6 would negatively impact a local district’s ability to survey and address the direct needs of a community at the local level and add another level of state mandates. If the legislation was implemented, the State Board of Education would have the same authority to create public charter schools as the local school divisions. The State Board of Education is an appointed board by the Governor of Virginia and has no accountability to voters or residents of a particular community. A primary concern for charter schools is the locality’s ability to divert tax dollars from public schools to charter schools. Many Virginia public schools currently experience financial challenges, so diverting funds to other schools could potentially impact public schools' performance. If power was given to the Board of Education, there is no guidance on how the decision would be made to allocate local tax dollars between the public school and the public charter school, which may not be well-received in the community if it was not approved at the local level. Opponents of SJ 6 feel that the legislation seeks to remove the local school board’s authority to manage their schools while allowing a state, gubernatorial appointed board to authorize the establishment of charter schools. The VSBA describes their opposition by stating that: Local school boards are best equipped to assess the needs of their students and the locality. Local school boards are responsible for the outcomes of all schools,
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